Education Michael S. Latner Assistant Professor of Political Science Political Science Department California Polytechnic State University mlatner@calpoly.edu! Ph.D., Political Science, University of California at Irvine, 2008 M.A., Political Science, University of California at Irvine, 2004 B.A., Political Science, California State University Chico, 1995 Teaching and Research Interests Political behavior, representation, electoral systems, campaign strategy, policy design and analysis Professional Employment 2008- Asst. Professor of Political Science, California Polytechnic State University 2007-2008 Lecturer in Political Science, California Polytechnic State University 2006-2007 Teaching Fellow, University of Southern California 2005-2007 Lecturer, University of California, Irvine 1996-2000 Project Manager, Senior Survey Supervisor, Field Research Corporation Courses POLS 112 American and California Government POLS 316 Political Participation POLS 317 Campaigns and Elections POLS 375 California Politics POLS 431 Evolutionary Theory and Politics POLS 470 Political Ecology POLS 560 Quantitative Methods POLS 568 Democracy and Public Policy POLS 590 MPP Graduate Writing Seminar Metropolitan Inequality (USC) California Politics (UCI) The American Political System (UCI) Select Independent Studies and Senior Projects (not including POLS 590) Borgeson, Aaron, Analysis of California Electoral Reform, 2013 Earl, Tyler, Rule of the Just Mob? The Effects of Direct Democracy on Inequality and Corruption, 2013 Hidalgo, Adriana, The Food Bill America Needs, 2013 Sparks, Melissa (MPP) The life cycle of environmental legislation in California, 2012
Collins, Jacob (MPP) The behavioral impact of structural inequality, 2012 Hammaker, Chris (MPP) Redistricting and Primary Reform in California, 2012 Sadeghzadeh,Armin Feasibility study of the death penalty in California, 2012 Grunrow, Sarah-Rachel: Religious tolerance among Post 9-11 Youth, 2012 Meredith, Lindsey: Post-materialism and electoral mobilization, 2012 Hansen, Erik (MPP): Program evaluation for donation meters, City of Pasadena, 2011 Devitt, Andrea (MPP): Participant Observation of the 2010 SLO Democratic Committee Elections Roark, Scott (MPP): Program evaluation for Cal-Poly re-branding campaign, 2010 Lawson, Athena: A Forecasting Model for the 2010 California Senate Elections Wilson, Jessica: Time-Series Analysis of Electoral Competition in the U.S. Senate Roach, Kyle: Factor Analysis of California Initiatives, 2000-2010 Lick, Bethany: American Democracy and Oligarchy Robeckty, Darlene: Media Effects in the 2008 Presidential Election Recent Peer-Reviewed Research Publications McGann, A. and Michael Latner, July 2013, The Calculus of Consensus Democracy: Rethinking Patterns of Democracy without Veto Players Comparative Political Studies Latner, M. and Kyle Roach, 2011. Mapping the Consequences of Electoral Reform in California Journal of Politics and Policy, http://www.bepress.com/cjpp/vol3/iss1/18/ Latner, M. and Anthony McGann, 2005. Geographical Representation Under Proportional Representation: The Cases of Israel and The Netherlands, Electoral Studies http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/s0261379405000247 Working Papers The impact of election system reform on party competition (with Chris Hammaker) (under review) The Evolutionary Logic of Constitutional Democracy Book manuscript: American Government in Global Perspective Other Selected Publications and Media Reaching out to middle class voters Oct 26, 2012 KCOY interview, http://www.kcoy.com/story/19928594/reaching-out-to-middle-classvoters?clienttype=printable Discussion with Michael Latner June 2012 KSBY interview, http://www.ksby.com/videos/discussion-with-political-expert-dr-michael-latner-ksby-newsat-11/
Would the real parasites please stand up? Jan 11, 2012 Viewpoint in SLO Tribune, http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/01/11/1902652/viewpoint-would-the-realparasites.html Blakeslee says he s unlikely to seek second term Jan 4, 2012 KSBY interview, http://www.ksby.com/news/blakeslee-says-he-s-unlikely-to-seek-second-term/ Occupy What? Cal Poly professors dissect the protest. Oct 25, 2011 SLO Tribune, http://sanluisobispo.kcoy.com/news/news/246749-occupy-what-cal-poly-professorsdissect-protest PR Proposal for California: Interview with Michael Latner by Krist Novoselic for The Center for Voting and Democracy, http://www.fairvote.org/pr-proposal-forcalifornia#.ui2afbrcbka New districts could mean big political shakeup for Central Coast interview on July 29, 2011. http://www.ksby.com/news/new-districts-could-mean-big-political-shakeup-forcentral-coast/ Gov. Brown urges lawmakers to let voters decide on tax increases interview on Jan. 31, 2011. http://www.ksby.com/news/gov-brown-urges-lawmakers-to-let-voters-decide-on-taxincreases/ Latner, M. 2005. "Aggregating Conflict: The Impact of Municipal Boundaries on Electoral Politics" Center for the Study of Democracy. Symposium: Democracy and Its Development. Paper G05-05. http://repositories.cdlib.org/csd/symposium_dd/g05-05 Latner, M. and Anthony McGann Consensus Without Veto-Players: Testing Theories of Consensual Democracy Center for the Study of Democracy. Paper 06-03. http://repositories.cdlib.org/csd/06-03 Examples of Professional Survey Projects: The following is a sample of research projects that I participated in while employed at Field Research Corporation. Field Institute Election Polls, 1996-2000 http://field.com/fieldpollonline/subscribers Institute for Health Policy Studies and California Wellness Foundation, The California Work and Health Survey http://medicine.ucsf.edu/programs/cwhs/ California HealthCare Foundation, Medicare Surveys http://www.chcf.org/publications/2000/05/changes-in-medicare-the-senior-perspective City of Berkeley, Community and Policy Surveys http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/news/1999/99dec/122099comsu.html
California Community Foundation, Giving and Volunteering http://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/31/business/personal-business-diary-a-wealth-ofcharity-that-eludes-most-counts.html Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, Giving and Volunteering Survey http://www.cfsv.org/documents/2002%20sv%20giving%20and%20volunteering%20- %20Final%20Weighted%20Data.pdf Professional Memberships International Political Science Association: Research committees 12 (Biology and Politics), 22 (Political Communication), 23 (Elections, Citizens and Parties), 30 (Comparative Public Policy), 34 (Quality of Democracy) American Political Science Association: Member of sections on Representation and Electoral Systems, Elections, Pubic Opinion and Voting Behavior, and Comparative Politics Western Political Science Association Recent Organizational Activity Discussant, 2013 WPSA meeting, Hollywood, CA Panel Chair and Discussant, 2012 IPSA World Congress, July 8-11, Madrid, Spain Are parties stuck in an evolutionary transition? presented at the 2012 IPSA World Congres, July 8-11, Madrid, Spain Attendee, Annual Evolution Workshop, Cal Poly, May 4-6, 2012 The Evolutionary Logic of Constitutional Democracy presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Sept 1-4, Seattle, Washington The Evolution of Constitutional Democracy presented at the 2010 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Sept 3-5, Washington, D.C. What if California had Proportional Representation? presented at the 2010 Western Political Science Association, San Francisco, California (with Mike Jensen) Cradles of Democracy? Cities as Fora for Citizen Participaiton presented at the 2009 Western Political Science Association, Vancouver, BC, Canada Urban Form and Participatory Inequality presented at American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 2007 (with Anthony McGann) The Calculus of Consensual Democracy presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 2006
(with Jefferey Sellers) Place and Electoral Patterns in American Metropolitan Areas: An Interim Report presented at American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, September 2006 (with Jefferey Sellers) Place and Electoral Patterns in American Metropolitan Areas: An Interim Report presented at International Political Science Association, World Congress, Fukuoka, Japan, July 2006 (with Anthony McGann) Consensus Democracy without Veto Players presented at American Political Science Association, Washington, D.C., September 2005 Awards and Fellowships 2013 Wilma Rule Award, Californians for Electoral Reform 2010 State Faculty Support Grant 2009 State Faculty Support Grant 2003 U.C. Regents Pre-Dissertation Fellowship 2003 Summer research award, School of Social Sciences 2001 Summer research fellowship for ICPSR, University of Michigan 2000-01 William Podlich Fellow, Center for the Study of Democracy, U.C. Irvine 1995 Charles McCall Award, California State University Social Science Research Council Service Individual Freedom and the Common Good: What is the Appropriate Balance? The Forum at Cal Poly, Fall 2012 Symposium. http://theforumatpoly.com/political International Views on the Election: student talk at Yosemite Hall, Oct 25, 2012 Guest lecture for Social Movements Guest lecture for Mechanical Engineering Voter analysis and media development, Jim Patterson for SLO Supervisor, 2012 Co-sponsor (with Elizabeth Lowham), Cal Poly Institute for Policy Research, 2011- Chair: POLS Curriculum Committee, 2011- Member: POLS MPP Committee, 2007- Member: POLS Assessment Committee, 2008, 2009, 2011- Member: POLS Alumni Advisory Board, 2007- Advisor: Political Science Club, 2009 Member: POLS Paper Awards Committee, 2009, 2011, 2012 Member: POLS Guest Speaker Committee 2007-2009 Member: Campaign Regulations Committee, City of San Luis Obispo, 2009 Voter analysis and media development, Brian Sturtevant for City Council, 2009 Political analysis: KSBY, KCOY, San Luis Tribune, Santa Barbara Business News UCI Associated Graduate Students Constitutional Reform Committee, 2003-2004 UCI Vice President External Affairs, Associated Graduate Students, 2001-2002